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英语成语故事10个
无论在学习、工作或是生活中，大家或多或少都用过成语吧，成语是中华民族文化的瑰宝。从其起源,经过演变,直至在汉语中沉积下来,你知道经典的成语有哪些吗？下面是小编为大家整理的英语成语故事，供大家参考借鉴，希望可以帮助到有需要的朋友。
英语成语故事 1
There was a state called zhou in the chinese history.
One day, the king of zhou asked his officials for advice on deal with prisoners of war.
An official said, "i once heard if you love someone, you are intended to love even the crows on the roof of his house; if you hate someone, you are intended to hate even the walls and the parapets of his. The prisoners of war were enemies fighting against us. In my opinion, wed better kill them all."
But the king didnt agree with him."I think we should treat the prisoners of war differently by differing them into those who are guilty and those who are not. The guilty ones will be sentenced to death in order to avoid future disasters." Another official put forward his suggestion.
The king didnt think it was a proper way, either.
Then a third one said, "Your majesty, I think all the prisoners should be set free and sent back home to work in the fields and support themselves by their own labor. Moreover, you should keep strictly the rules for reward and punishment and treat your relatives and friends impartially.The people are sure to believe in you if you administer our country by morals and laws."
The king thought the officials proposal was quite reasonable so he accepted and followed it.As a result, the domestic situation soon settled down and gradually the country became more stable and stronger.
The idiom is then used to mean that if you love someone,youll love people and things relative to him as well.
英语成语故事 2
In the Jin Dynasty (265-420) there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a small kid.His father often got angry, and yet young Zuo Si was as naughty as ever and would not study hard.
One day, Zuo Sis father was chatting with his friends. his friends envied him his clever and loverly son. Hearing this, Zuo sis father sighed, "Please do not mention him. My son Zuo si does not study as well as I did when I was young, although I did not study well enough myself. It appears that he is actually a good-for-nothing." So saying, he looked disappointed. All this was witnessed by young Zuo Si. He felt very sad, feeling intensely that he would not be able to have a bright future if he did not study hard. So he was determined to study assiduously from then on.
Day after day and year after year, Zuo Si gradually grew up. Because of his unremitting afforts in hard study, he became an erudite scholar and wrote very excellent essays.
The "Ode to the Capital of the State of Qi", which took him one year to write, showed his brilliant literary talent and laid the foundation for his becoming an outstanding writer. then he planned to write an "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu" with the local conditions and customs as well as the produce of the three capitals as its content.
In order to achieve the desired effect in content, structure and language, he applied himself to research work with great concentration, and was so absorbed in creative writing as to forget food and sleep. It took him ten whole years to finish the writing of "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu", a literary masterpiece.
The "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu" was well received by the broad masses of readers after it made its appearance to the public, and people considered it as superbly written as the "Ode to the Western Capital (Changan) and to the Eastern Capital (Luoyang)" written by Ban Gu (32-92) and the "Ode to the Western Capital and to the Eastern Capital" written by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to A.D.220). As the art of printing had not been invented at that time, people who were fond of this "Ode" had to make handwritten copies of it themselves. As there were so many people who vied with each other in making handwritten copies, the supply of writing paper fell short of the demand in Luoyang went up greatly.
This story comes from "The life of Zuo Si" in the book "Literary Field" of The History of the Jin Dynasty. Based on this story, people have coined the set phrase "the price of writing paper went up greatly", meaning the overwhelming popularity of a new work causes shortage of printing paper, to show how popular an outstanding piece of literary work is.
英语成语故事 3
A Rocs flight of ten thousand li-A bright future
In the Chinese classic 《Chuangtze》, there is a legend like this:
Once upon a time, a gigantic fish named Kun lived in the northern sea. No one knew how large it actually was. This fish could change itself into the enormous bird called Peng (roc), measuring thousands of kilometers in length. When the bird was spreading its wings, it looked like huge clouds in the sky. It could, in one stretch, fly from the northern sea to the southern sea on the other side of the globe and soaring up to 90000 li (45000 kilometers) in the heaven.
the bird can surely fly over a long distance without stop. Now people use this idiom to with others have a long career or a bright future.
英语成语故事 4
Once upon a time there was a herdsman who raised dozens of sheep. He day and night to put the sheep, sheep into the sheepfold stakes. One morning, the herdsman went to the sheep and found that one of the sheep was missing. Original pen broke a hole in the night the wolf put away a sheep.
Neighbor advised him to say: "to the sheepfold, plug the hole." He said: "the sheep have been lost, but also to repair a stem what?" the morning of the second day, he went to sheep and found a sheep and less. Originally the wolf from the hole in the pen, and walked a sheep diao.
The herdsman regretted that he immediately stopped the hole in his neighbors advice.
英语成语故事 5
Wang Xi-zhi is one of the most famous calligraphers during the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China. When he was very young, he practiced his art every day and never stopped.
Later he absorbed the strong points of all the other schools of calligraphy1, and developed his own unique style of writing. Because of his achievements, he has been honored as one of Chinas sages2 of calligraphy.One time, Wang Xi-zhi sketched3 in wood for an engraver4 to cut. Then the engraver found the ink had penetrated5 one centimeter into the wood.
"Ru Mu San Fen6" is got from this story, which means the calligraphy is penetrating7.
Now it is often used to describe expressing sharp ideas or profound views.
英语成语故事 6
Groping about the Chin of the Black Dragon to Get a Pearl-Bringing Out the Best
Long,Long age,there lived a family by the Yellow River.They lived a very poor lift,depending on cutting reeds,weaving hanging screens and dustpans for a livelihood.
One day,the son was cutting reeds by the riverside.With the scroching sun directly overhead,his head was swimming,so he sat down to take a rest.Looking at the river water in front which was his father had once told him.in the depths of the river there were a lot of rare treasures,but nobody dared to get them because a fierce black dragon was residing there.He thought that,if he could dive into the depts of the river and get the treasures,the whole family would not have to toil from morning till night and yet could not have enough to eat as now.He thought it would be better to have a try,and he was resolved to try in desperation.So he took off his clothes nimbly and dived into the cold water with a splash.
At first,he could see small fish here and there all around.However,the deeper he dived ,the darker it became,and the colder the river water.At last,it was pitch-dark all around,and he could see nothing.He became frightened,and was at a loss where he should swim to.Just at that time,he noticed a round object which was glittering not far away.He fixed his eyes on it,and saw it was a bright pearl.He held his breath and swam over there,held the pearl with both hands,pulled it with a great effort,and the bright pearl come into his arms.He came out from the water immediately,climbed up the bank,and made off for home at once.
His father saw the bright pearl,and asked where he had got it.He told his father the whole story exactly as it had happened.Hearing this,his father said repeatedly,"How dangerous it was!This precious pearl was grown on the chin of the black dragon.The black dragon must have been sleeping when you were pulling the pearl.If the black dragon were awake,you would be dead."When the son heard this,he considered himself very lucky indeed.
This story appears in The Works of Zhuang Zi.From this story,later generations have derived the set phrase "groping about the chin of the black dragon to get a pearl-- bringing out the best" to indicate that an article is to the point.
英语成语故事 7
In the Warring States Period, the State of Qin besieged the capital of the State of Zhao.
Duke Pingyuan of Zhao planned to ask the ruler of the State of Chu personally for assistance. He wanted to select a capable man to go with him. A man called Mao Sui volunteered. When the negoti-actions between the two states were stalled because the ruler of Chu hesitated to send troops, Mao Sui approached him, brandishing a sword.
At that, the ruler of Chu agreed to help Zhao, against Qin.
英语成语故事 8
In the State of Lu, there was a couple of husband and wife, the former being an expert shoemaker and the latter a skilled hand in wearing taffeta. One day after consultations1 they decided2 to go to the state of Yue to earn a livelihood3. The neighbors advised them not to go when they learned about their plan. "Dont go there," said one neighbor, "If you go, you can never earn a livelihood."
"We cannot understand you," interrogated4 the couple, "We have a find command of our art, how could we not earn our living with our work? Dont make a fool of us, please."
"Indeed, you have your skill," explained the man, "But have you taken notice of the fact that shoes are made for people and the silk taffeta are for hat-making? The people of Yue dont wear shoes, for they are barefooted. Again, they like to have their hair spread out over their heads and they never use hats. To whom should you sell your shoes and hats then?" Experienced though you are in the arts, yet the arts you have mastered are useless there."
After this explanation, the husband and wife now understood that anything that was not adaptable5 to the objective world would be useless and unpractical.
英语成语故事 9
In the last years of the Three Kingdoms period,Sima Yan conquered the Kingdom of Shu and seized the state power of the Kingdom of Wei, and became Emperor Wudi of the Jin Dynasty. Then he planned to send his troops to attack the Kingdom of Wu so as to unify China. He called his civil and military officials to discuss the plan to destroy the Kingdom of Wu. Most of them thought that it would be difficult to try to destroy the Kingdom of Wu with one action because the Kingdom of Wu was still powerfull. So it would be better to wait until fuller preparations were made. However,General Du Yu did not agree with them, so he wrote a memorial to the throne. According to Du Yu, it would be better to destroy the Kingdom of Wu as soon as possible, because it was still weak at that time. It would be more difficult to defeat the Kingdom of Wu later if it became stronger. After reading it, Emperor Wudi decided to send troops to attack the Kingdom of Wu as early as possible, so as to avoid future trouble. So Emperor Wudi made up his mind, and appointed Du Yu the Grand General for Conquering the south .
In 279, sima Yan, Emperor Wudi of the Jin Dynasty, mustered more than two hundred thousand troops who were divided into six army divisions to proceed by both land and water to attack the kingdom of Wu. Battle drums thundering and the colours fluttering, the soldiers were full of power and grandeur. The next day, Jiangling city was captured, and a general of the Kingdom of Wu was killed. And the Jin army pushed on in the flush of victory. Hearing this, the troops of the Kingdom of Wu south of the Yuanjiang River and the Xiangjiang River were overwhelmed with fear, and they opened the gates of cities and surrendered one after another. Sima Yan ordered Du Yu to advance to Jianye, capital city of the Kingdom of Wu, by water.Someone feared that the Yangtze River might have a sharp rise and thought it more advantageous to withdraw the troops for the time being and wait until winter came. Du Yu resolutely opposed the idea, saying ," Now our armys morale is high,and our army is winning one victory after another, just like a sharp knife splitting a bamboo. It wont be too strenuous to conquer the Kingdom of Wu with one action. " Under Du Yus command , the Jin army charged at the capital city Jianye, occupied it ,and thus destroyed the Kingdom of wu. In this way, Emperor Wudi of the Jin Dynasty unified the whole country.
This story appears in "The Life of Du Yu "in The History of the Jin Dynasty. Later the set phrase" like splitting a bamboo" is used to refer to irresistible force or victorious advance.
英语成语故事 10
in the last years of the three kingdoms period,sima yan conquered the kingdom of shu and seized the state power of the kingdom of wei, and became emperor wudi of the jin dynasty. then he planned to send his troops to attack the kingdom of wu so as to unify china. he called his civil and military officials to discuss the plan to destroy the kingdom of wu. most of the them thought that it would be difficult to try to destroy the kingdom of wu with one action because the kingdom of wu was still powerfou. so it would be better to wait until fuller preparations were made. however,general du yu did not agree with them, so he wrote a memorial to the throne.
according to du yu, it would be better to destroy the kingdom of wu as soon as possible, because it was still weak at that time. it would be more difficult to defeat the kingdom of wu later if it became stronger. after reading it, emperor wudi to send troops to attack the kingdom of wu as early as possible, so as to avoid future trouble. so emperor wudi made up his mind, and appointed du yu the grand general for conquering the south .
in 279, sima yan, emperor wudi of the jin dynasty, mustered more than two hundred thousand troops who were divided into six army divisions to proceed by both land and water to attack the kingdom of wu. battle drums thundering and the colours fluttering, the soldiers were full of power and grandeur. the next day, jiangling city was captured, and a general of the kingdom of wu was killed. and the jin army pushed on in the flush of victory. hearing this, the troops of the kingdom of wu south of the yuanjiang river and the xiangjiang river were overwhelmed with fear, and they opened the gates of cities and surrendered one after another. sima yan ordered du yu to advance to jianye, capital city of the kingdom of wu, by water.someone feared that the yangtze river might have a sharp rise and thought it more advantageous to withdraw the troops for the time being and wait until winter came. du yu resolutely opposed the idea, saying ," now our armys morale is high,and our army is winning one victory after another, just like a sharp knife splitting a bamboo.
it wont be too strenuous to conquer the kingdom of wu with one action. " under du yus command , the jin army charged at the capital city jianye, occupied it ,and thus destroyed the kingdom of wu. in this way, emperor wudi of the jin dynasty unified the whole country. this story appears in "the life of du yu "in the history of the jin dynasty. later the set phrase" like splitting a bamboo" is used to refer to irresistible force or victorious advance.
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